(1.) The question referred to this Bench for decision by a learned Single Judge of this Court is as follows :-
(2.) The question arose in a petition by Tarlochan Singh under Section 561-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter to be referred to as the Code) praying that proceedings against him under Section 107/151 of the Code pending in the Court of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Nawanshahr, be quashed or transferred to some other Court.
(3.) Sub-section (1) of Section 107 of the Code is in the following terms :-